China - Third Integrated Agriculture Intensification Loan Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 6 of 8) : Environment report - Anhui Province

Page 1 E1114 V. 6 Attachment 5 Environmental Report/IAIL3 E NVIRONMENT R EPORT (A NHUI P ROVINCE ) Page 2 China Research Academy of Environmental Sciences January 2005 Page 3 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1. I NTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................4 1.1. Purpose and Contents of Report ...............................................................................4 1.2. Background ...................................................................................................................4 2. O VERALL A SSESSMENT OF E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACTS OF IAIL2 P ROJECT ............5 2.1. Environmental Issues of IAIL2 Project ..................................................................5 2.2. Assessment of Actual Environmental Impacts of IAIL2 Project ......................6 2.3. Summary Conclusions of IAIL2 Environmental Impacts Assessment ............9 2.4. Recommendations for Improvement of IAIL3 Environmental Management .9 3. C OMPARISON OF E NVIRONMENTAL C ONDITIONS AND E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACTS B ETWEEN IAIL3 AND IAIL2............................................................................................10 3.1. Comparison of Project Counties (Cities) ..............................................................10 3.2. Comparison of Environmental Conditions ...........................................................14 3.3. Comparison of Project Contents ............................................................................15 3.4. Main Conclusions ......................................................................................................17 4. C LARIFICATION ON P REPARATION OF IAIL3 E NVIRONMENTAL M ANAGEMENT P LAN ..................................................................................................................................18 Page 4 4 1. Introduction 1.1. Purpose and Contents of Report This Environment Report (the Report) for Anhui Province is prepared for the appraisal of the proposed World Bank loan-financed Irrigated Agriculture Intensification Project III (IAIL3, the Project). The World Bank preparation mission of November 2004 proposed that the environment category of the Project remains to be type B due to the similarities between the Project and IAIL2 in terms of project areas and basic contents. In order to simplify procedures the Bank no longer requires to review a full environmental assessment report for the Project, but requires to 1) assess the actual environmental impacts of the IAIL2 Project; 2) compare the environmental conditions of IAIL3 and IAIL2; and 3) prepare environmental management plan by Project provinces. In compliance with the above requirements the main contents of the Report include: 1) Overview of the actual environmental impact assessment of the IAIL2 Project Anhui Component; 2) Comparison of environmental conditions and contents between IAIL3 and IAIL2 in Anhui; 3) Clarification on the preparation of Environmental Management Plan for IAIL3 in Anhui; 4) Anhui Project Area Environmental Management Plan (attached to the Report). 1.2. Background Since 1998 the IAIL2 Project had been implemented in 21 cities (districts) of Anhui